A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.
1 A love-philtre , such as was used by the ancients with great effect.
2 My idea was rather that the beverage was a sort of love - philtre , such as I had read of in my book of fairy tales.
3 Vervain has long been in repute as a love-philtre , and in Germany now-a-days endive-seed is sold for its supposed power to influence the affections.
4 The root of the male fern was in years gone by used in love - philtres , and hence the following allusion:
5 The book, as we turned over its pages, gave directions for preparing everything from food to love - philtres and the elixir of life.
6 "A love-philtre ? " said he, and hummed.
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